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▪ I. hobbling, vbl. n.|ˈhɒblɪŋ|
[f. hobble v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb hobble, q.v.
1535Lyndesay Satyre 4425 With hobling of ȝour hippis. 1754Richardson Grandison VI. xxviii. 175 The hobbling it will cause in the reading will make it worse. 1867Garfield in Century Mag. (1884) Jan. 417/2 That distressful hobbling which marks the mass of Parliamentary speakers.
▪ II. hobbling, ppl. a.1
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That hobbles; characterized by hobbling: see the verb.
1545R. Ascham Toxoph. ii. (Arb.) 126 That shafte whiche one yeare for a man is to lyghte and scuddinge, for the same selfe man the next yeare may chaunce be to heuy and hobblynge. 1615Bedwell Index Assurat. O iv, A kind of rude Poeme, or hobbling kind of rythme. 1676Wycherley Pl. Dealer ii. Wks. (Rtldg.) 118/1 Thou withered, hobbling, distorted cripple. 1717Prior Alma iii. 144 In smooth-pac'd verse, or hobbling prose. 1777Sheridan Sch. Scand. iv. i, Justice is an old, lame, hobling beldam. 1826Scott Woodst. xxxviii, A stiff, rheumatic, hobbling gait.
Hence ˈhobblingly adv., with a hobbling pace or movement; lamely.
1607R. C. tr. Estienne's World Wond. 238 They neither cared for rime nor reason, neither regarded they how hoblingly they [their verses] ranne. 1668H. More Div. Dial. II. 282, 347. 1833 Fraser's Mag. VIII. 64 He..walks hobblingly upon three legs.
▪ III. hobbling, ppl. a.2
[Related to hobbler2 3.]
In hobbling pilot = hobbler2 3 a, hoveller 1. So hobbling boat = hoveller 2.
1891Labour Commission Gloss., Hobbling Pilot, a pilot who has the necessary marine knowledge but no licence from the Board of Trade. 1891Manch. Exam. 24 Dec. 8/4 The officer..hailed a hobbling boat and went ashore. |